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NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
Prevention of and Treatment for
Substance Abuse Act, No. 70 of 2008
NOTE: Assented to and published in English, with alternative copy in Northern Sotho, except iro notice of assent date in English**
Long title
To provide for a comprehensive national response for the combating of substance abuse; to provide for mechanisms aimed at demand and harm reduction in relation to substance abuse through prevention, early intervention, treatment and re-integration programmes; to provide for the registration and establishment of treatment centres and halfway houses; to provide for the committal of persons to and from treatment centres and for their treatment, rehabilitation and skills development in such treatment centres; to provide for the establishment of the Central Drug Authority; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Table of contents
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NOTE: Assented to and published in English, with alternative copy in Northern Sotho, except iro notice of assent date in English**
Long title
To provide for a comprehensive national response for the combating of substance abuse; to provide for mechanisms aimed at demand and harm reduction in relation to substance abuse through prevention, early intervention, treatment and re-integration programmes; to provide for the registration and establishment of treatment centres and halfway houses; to provide for the committal of persons to and from treatment centres and for their treatment, rehabilitation and skills development in such treatment centres; to provide for the establishment of the Central Drug Authority; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Table of contents
| SECTION | TITLE |
| PREAMBLE | |
| ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS | |
| CHAPTER 1. DEFINITIONS AND OBJECTS OF ACT | |
| 1. | Definitions |
| 2. | Objects
of Act |
| CHAPTER
2. COMBATING OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE |
|
| 3. | Interventions
to combat substance abuse |
| CHAPTER 3. STRATEGIES AND PRINCIPLES FOR DEMAND AND HARM REDUCTION | |
| 4. | Guiding
principles for provision of services |
| 5. | Intersectoral
strategies for reducing demand and harm caused by substance abuse |
| 6. | Development
of and compliance with minimum norms and standards |
| 7. | Support
for services delivered by service providers |
| CHAPTER 4. PREVENTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES | |
| 8. | Programmes
for prevention of substance abuse |
| 9. | Purpose
of providing prevention programmes |
| 10. | Establishment
and purpose of programmes for early intervention |
| 11. | Provision
of prevention and early intervention services by various stakeholders |
| CHAPTER 5. COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES | |
| 12. | Guidelines
for community-based services |
| 13. | Establishment
and provision of community-based services |
| 14. | Registration
of community-based services |
| 15. | Management
structure of community-based services |
| 16. | Registration
of mental health practitioners providing community-based services |
| CHAPTER
6. IN-PATIENT AND OUT-PATIENT SERVICES |
|
| 17. | Establishment
and disestablishment of public treatment centre |
| 18. | Purposes
for which persons are admitted to treatment centres |
| 19. | Registration and cancellation of registration of treatment centre |
| 20. | Establishment
of public halfway house |
| 21. | Registration
of private halfway house |
| 22. | Compliance
with conditions for registration of treatment centre and halfway house |
| 23. | Monitoring
and assessment of treatment centre and halfway house |
| 24. | Staff
of public treatment centre and public halfway house |
| 25. | Appeals |
| 26. | Death,
serious injury or abuse of service user or any person affected
by substance abuse in treatment centre or halfway house |
| 27. | Establishment
of out-patient services |
| 28. | Children
abusing substances or affected by substance abuse |
| 29. | Management
structure of treatment centre and halfway house |
| CHAPTER
7. AFTERCARE AND REINTEGRATION SERVICES |
|
| 30. | Establishment
of aftercare and reintegration services |
| 31. | Support
groups |
| CHAPTER 8. ADMISSION, TRANSFER AND REFERRAL TO TREATMENT CENTRE | |
| 32. | Admission
of voluntary service user to treatment centre |
| 33. | Admission
of involuntary service user to treatment centre |
| 34. | Admission
and transfer of children |
| 35. | Committal
of person to treatment centre after enquiry |
| 36. | Committal
of person to treatment centre after conviction |
| 37. | Court
may order enquiry in terms of this Act |
| 38. | Estimation
of age of person |
| 39. | Postponement of order |
| 40. | Temporary
custody of person pending enquiry or removal to treatment centre |
| 41. | Appeal
against and review of certain orders |
| 42. | Admission
or transfer to treatment centre |
| 43. | Transfer
of involuntary service user from and to treatment centre |
| 44. | Transfer
of involuntary service user from prison, child and youth care
centre, alternative care or health establishment to public treatment
centre |
| 45. | Retransfer
from public treatment centre to prison, child and youth care centre,
alternative care or health establishment |
| 46. | Leave of
absence from treatment centre |
| 47. | Involuntary
service user of treatment centre may be released on licence or
discharged |
| 48. | Revocation of
licence |
| 49. | Admission to
treatment centre of persons who are not South African citizens or
permanent residents |
| 50. | Service user
to have access to management and vice versa |
| CHAPTER 9. DISCIPLINARY INTERVENTION AND APPEAL PROCEDURE | |
| 51. | Maintenance of discipline in treatment centre, halfway house, out-patient services and community-based services |
| 52. | Method of dealing with absconder from treatment centre |
| CHAPTER 10. CENTRAL DRUG AUTHORITY AND SUPPORTING STRUCTURES | |
| 53. | Establishment
and functions of Central Drug Authority |
| 54. | Executive
committee |
| 55. | Secretariat of
Central Drug Authority |
| 56. | Powers and
duties of Central Drug Authority |
| 57. | Establishment
of Provincial Substance Abuse Forums |
| 58. | Functions of
Provincial Substance Abuse Forums |
| 59. | Executive
committee of Provincial Substance Abuse Forums |
| 60. | Establishment
of Local Drug Action Committees |
| 61. | Functions of
Local Drug Action Committees |
| 62. | Compliance
with implementation of National Drug Master Plan by various government
departments, entities and stakeholders |
| CHAPTER 11. GENERAL PROVISIONS | |
| 63. | Offences and
penalties |
| 64. | Delegation |
| 65. | Regulations |
| 66. | Repeal of laws
and savings |
| 67. | Short title and commencement |
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